Pennsylvania lease agreements bind landlords and tenants to the terms that will govern a tenancy. Lease agreements will contain the monthly rent, state which party is responsible for various utilities, and address other issues particular to a given property. The agreements are written, signed by both parties, and should be the first place landlords and tenants look when trying to settle a question about their obligations under a lease. Rental Application– This form is intended to be given by landlords to prospective tenants to verify their suitability for renting a property. Contents Pennsylvania Lease Agreements: By Type(6) Landlord-Tenant Laws Handbooks and Guides Commercial Lease Agreement Month-to-Month Lease Agreement Rent-to-Own Lease Agreement Roommate Lease Agreement Standard Lease Agreement Sublease Agreement
Statutes – Title 68, Chapter 8 (Landlord and Tenant) Lead-Based Paint Disclosure – Under federal law, lease agreements for properties with dwelling units built before 1978 must include an explanation of the dangers of lead-based paints.
Landlords may not require a security deposit in excess of
two (2) month’s rent. (§250.511a)
Landlords must return security deposits, along with interest accrued on the amount of the deposit during the tenancy, to tenants within
thirty (30) days of the termination of the lease agreement. Landlords may retain a portion of a security deposit only to remedy failures of the tenant to comply with the terms of the lease agreement, including the duty to pay rent.
If the landlord desires to retain any of the security deposit, the landlord must provide a written list of all deductions along with the remaining funds. If the tenant fails to provide the landlord, in writing, with a new address on the completion of the tenancy, the landlord is freed of liability over failing to return the deposit. (§ 250.512)
There is no grace period or rent due date specified in state law, which means rent is due on the date
named in the lease agreement. 10-Day Notice to Pay or Quit – When a tenant fails to pay rent on the date it is due, a landlord may deliver a notice to the tenant stating that, if rent is not paid in full within ten (10) days of delivering the notice, the landlord may terminate the lease agreement. (§ 250.501)
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Pennsylvania law does not set a maximum amount that landlords may charge in fees for providing late rent. However, in order to be enforceable, the fee should be
clearly stated in the lease agreement, and it must be reasonable.
As with late fees, there is
no statute that specifically applies to the fee a landlord may charge a tenant for providing a check that bounces. As a result, the best practice is for such a fee to be identified in the lease agreement and reasonably related to the costs the landlord incurs by receiving a bounced check, such as the amount of an administrative fee charged by the landlord’s financial institution.
If a landlord discovers a tenant’s personal property in a dwelling unit after the termination of a lease, the landlord should remove and store the property for
at least ten (10) days, and notify the tenant.
The landlord has a duty of reasonable care toward the tenant’s property. If during this ten-day period the tenant responds with an intent to claim the personal property, the landlord must store the items for an additional thirty (30) days after the date of the notice. On reclaiming the property, the tenant shall be responsible for reimbursing the landlord for the cost of storing it. The parties may contractually modify these provisions by explicitly identifying alternative rules for unclaimed property in the lease agreement. (§ 250.505a)


“Keep me from the traps they have set for me, from the snares of those who do wrong. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, but let me escape.” – Psalm 141:9-10.
We all want others to believe in us, to love us, affirm us and value us for who we really are. We all love affirmation. We all desire significance and recognition. We all benefit from being encouraged by others. And yet, this silent struggle for approval can often become an over-riding motivation that keeps us on an unpredictable roller coaster of insecurity and instability.
Seeking the approval of others or being under the influence of others is often a trap. Most of us have been there. There are different reasons that we fall into this trap. There is only one sure way out of this trap. however.
In truth, we crave the acceptance and approval of men, but we need it from God. We long to know we matter to others, but we forget how much we matter to Him. We desire approval and favor of our peers, but we lose sight of the approval and favor we already have in Christ. While we tend to seek these things from men, ultimately, God is the only One in whom we can find our deepest desires completely fulfilled.
Satan wants to trap us with our need for acceptance and affirmation. He wants us to spend our time in self-promotion. It is easy to get caught in this trap of being motivated by the approval of others. This is when we need to remember that we are already accepted by God so we don’t need to gain acceptance.
The approval of man seems futile when you consider that someone will always be better at something, more beautiful, or more talented, creative and successful than we are. Rather, we ought to enjoy what God has given us to seek His purpose to the best of our ability and to God’s glory. Colossians 3:23 says,
“Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.” When we come to the point where we view everything as an act of worship to God, we will finally ignore the approval of man. When what God says is the only verdict that matters, man’s opinions won’t matter any longer. Only God can enable us to stop worrying about what others might think if we do what is right. Look at it this way: the tendency to work for others’ approval is a lifelong battle. And learning to rest in our acceptance in Christ is a lifelong growth process. Discussion Questions: How do you handle rejection? Why should we trust in God rather than worrying about the fear of rejection? What can we do this week to put our dependence on God rather than the approval of man?


Mattress sagging: tips for saving& PreventionIf the mattress is worn out, you can delay its replacement through various measures. For the sake of your health, you should replace a mattress with a deep hollow as soon as possible. With a new bed topper, you use preventive measures against lying through.
Mattress sagging: short-term rescue measures
A worn mattress is not good for your back. Tension, headache and backache and a hardly restful sleep are the consequences. Therefore, a worn-out mattress should be replaced with a new one. For the transitional period, the following measures can help:
– Mattresses have hollows where you rest your bottom and back. Turn the mattress so that you swap head and foot ends. However, if the mattress is sagging right in the middle, this method will not help. – Turn the mattress in this case. If the hollow is not yet too deep, you can get back some stability this way. However, this does not apply to all mattresses. In the case of mattresses with an innerspring core, the entire core is always worn out. Turning does not help here. – If you have an adjustable slatted frame, set the slats as hard as possible under the bale. To do this, push the plastic sliders outwards. – If you do not have an adjustable slatted frame, place solid cardboard under the mattress where more stability is needed. Even a folded towel can help.
Prevent a hollow in the mattress: The best measures
To avoid cavities and to extend the durability of your mattress, you have several possibilities.
– Turn your bedding regularly every three months. In this way you ensure that the mattress is evenly loaded over a long period of time. With some manufacturers, such as Emma, turning is no longer necessary due to the special structure of the mattress. Check your model to see what the manufacturer recommends. – In between you can also rotate the mattress by swapping foot and head part. – Air the mattress after getting out of bed. It is optimal to remove blankets and pillows from the mattress for at least 20 minutes. How moisture can escape. – In addition to the quality of the mattress is also a good slatted frame is important to avoid a lie through. The distance between the slats should be less than 4 cm. If you buy a new slatted frame, it should be adjustable.


Dear Friends and Neighbors:
As we began this new year, like many other businesses, we customarily reflected upon the previous year’s performance and evaluated what we did well, where we can make improvements, and set goals for the year ahead. Like many of you, we primarily dealt with the unexpected impacts 2020 brought, mostly involving the onset and crushing impact of COVID-19, which we continue to deal with on a daily basis. For those of you who lost loved ones, I extend my heartfelt sympathy to you and your families.
Although our workforce and business partners operated under enormous pressure in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions, with some facing hardships at home, their steadfast commitment, discipline and resilience allowed us to operate safely, reliably and environmentally responsibly throughout the pandemic, which led to the following record-breaking achievements I’m happy to share with you.
2020 In Review
Our business year started well. Safety is at the heart of everything we do, so when the Coronavirus emerged, our strong safety culture was able to quickly incorporate preventive COVID-19 procedures into our already robust protocols. Our employees were methodical and diligent in practicing COVID-19 protocols at work, keeping themselves, their co-workers, and families safe.
Our team did such a good job, contact tracing found zero cases of COVID-19 were contracted at the Refinery.
We achieved a record year of safe and reliable operations, without any process safety events or major unplanned downtime, while improving personal safety performance, which earned the Refinery a Safety Award from the American Fuel and Petroleum Manufacturers Association. This is a direct result of our team’s constant focus on safety and our belief that all incidents are preventable, which is demonstrated through our investigation of even minor incidents and near misses to identify the causes and implement corrective actions to help prevent more serious incidents from occurring in the future.
We also achieved a
record year operating in an environmentally responsible manner. Notably in 2020, we recorded the lowest ever flaring and related sulfur dioxide (SOx) emissions in the Torrance Refinery’s history. Our 2020 flaring emissions of 1.89 tons was well below our performance target of 27.36 tons. In fact, since 2017, our flaring emissions have been steadily decreasing largely due to our dedication to improving our equipment reliability and operating resilience.
A contributing factor to this achievement is recent improvements in the reliability of our electrical supply from Southern California Edison (SCE). In 2016, two power disruptions from the SCE external electrical supply system resulted in interruptions to our operations and significant flaring. SCE completed major electrical reliability improvements to their facilities in 2020 and Torrance Refinery also completed upgrades to enable the refinery to better withstand power disruptions and prevent flaring incidents. I am very proud of the dedication and commitment of our refinery personnel who were able to work together and with SCE to achieve this incredible record. I know the community appreciates this as well because we have discussed our achievements with the Mayor, City Council members, and staff.
On January 1, 2020, in compliance with the South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule 1180, the Refinery began its Fence-line Air Monitoring System around the perimeter of our Refinery to monitor a comprehensive list of target compounds in real time and provide that air quality information to the public via our website. I am pleased to say that since its inception,
we have logged more than 12 million data points demonstrating there were no measured exceedances of the hourly concentration thresholds for any of the compounds. This reflects the care and concern each one of us exhibits at work each day, on every shift.
Operational reliability and safety go together, along with resiliency, the capacity to recover quickly from power interruptions or other unexpected issues. A record year of running reliably means operating our equipment and units continuously as planned throughout the year, only being taken out of service for planned maintenance. One marker of reliability is “pump life;” in short, the longer pumps run continuously without need for unplanned repairs, our operations become more reliable. In 2020, the Torrance Refinery
achieved industry leading pump life of 132 months between repairs! We have more than 1100 pumps operating in the Refinery, so this was a significant achievement for our team.
Unfortunately, COVID-19 prevented us from benefitting financially from our well-run operations in 2020. Product demand destruction we faced resulted in record losses for our Refinery, our Company, and our Industry. We responded to this challenge with an urgency to focus on reducing our costs, eliminating redundancy, and improving processes for efficiencies. Ultimately, our efforts helped us limit our losses and put us in a stronger position as the economy improves with the vaccination rollout and other recovery efforts.
Throughout the year, we also continued to support our nonprofit partners and strengthen our relationships in the community. You may have read in previous articles how we managed to adjust our community outreach plans, despite the pandemic’s impact on our finances, to support urgent COVID-19 community needs with local nonprofit partners who serve a diverse population:
The Rear View Mirror
Despite the challenges and uncertainty our team and company faced in 2020, we surpassed numerous performance milestones thanks to our dedicated team members, who demonstrated resilience, flexibility and an unrelenting focus on safety, reliability, and care for the community.
Looking Ahead
Like many of you, COVID-19 still dominates our lives, yet we are hopeful that 2021 will bring brighter days. Until then, we will continue to focus on running safe, reliable and environmentally responsible operations, and providing support to community partners who deliver essential community services during this critical time.
Refinery Manager Steve Steach shares why he received the COVID-19 vaccine as a way to encourage others.
I wish you all a safe, happy and healthy new year, and thank you for taking the time to read.
Steve Steach
Torrance Refinery Manager


Abstract
PAS domains are sensory modules in signal-transducing proteins that control responses to various environmental stimuli. To examine how those domains can regulate a eukaryotic kinase, we have studied the structure and binding interactions of the N-terminal PAS domain of human PAS kinase using solution NMR methods. While this domain adopts a characteristic PAS fold, two regions are unusually flexible in solution. One of these serves as a portal that allows small organic compounds to enter into the core of the domain, while the other binds and inhibits the kinase domain within the same protein. Structural and functional analyses of point mutants demonstrate that the compound and ligand binding regions are linked, suggesting that the PAS domain serves as a ligand-regulated switch for this eukaryotic signaling system.
Keywords Kinase regulation Ligand binding NMR screening PAS domain PAS kinase ASJC Scopus subject areas Structural Biology Molecular Biology


Introduction
Numerous studies suggest that the main differences between domesticated dogs and wolves are related to their communication with humans. As a result of evolution, dogs are used to relying on humans and therefore developed a better understanding of the human behavior and interpretation of the social clues. On the other hand, most studies have shown the degradation of domesticated dogs’ cognitive skills and reduced persistence at solving problems in comparison to wild wolves.
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Several studies have shown that when presented with a challenging task, domesticated dogs tend to give up faster than wolves and rely on human help to solve it instead. However, these experiments failed to determine whether dogs’ behavior was a result of an evolutionary adaptation or a general lack of persistence in their approach. Udell’s (2015) research aims to identify how human presence and engagement affects the problem-solving approach and efficiency for dogs and wolves. In the experiment, ten pet dogs, ten shelter dogs, and ten wolves were challenged with a task to open a box with a sausage inside. The study was divided into three phases; in the first two, the animals had to act on their own with or without a human present, respectively. In the third phase, the animals that failed the first two were encouraged by a human to solve the puzzle.
All of the wolves managed to open the box within the first two phases, while only one pet dog and one shelter dog succeeded at a time. The researchers noted that dogs gazed at the experimenter most of the time. Wolves, on the contrary, were actively trying to solve the puzzle and practically ignored the human. In the absence of a human, the results were similar with both pet and shelter dogs showing less persistence again. However, a total of five dogs succeeded in the third phase of the experiment while being encouraged continuously by a human. Most importantly, the researchers noted that nearly all the dogs spend much more time trying to open the box compared to the first two phases.
The results of the experiment can lead to two independent conclusions. As wolves have to face different challenges throughout their lives quite often, their ability to solve problems independently is superior to that of the domesticated dogs. Their persistence is a natural trait necessary to survive in the wild, where the hunting success rate for wolves is relatively low. Meanwhile, owners supply their pet dogs with food regularly, thus reducing the importance of survival skills. As humans have a significant impact on the dogs’ lives, the latter develop a better understanding of social cues. This can lead to a different conclusion on the results of the experiment. Udell (2015) states that dogs are quite reluctant to interact with forbidden objects when humans are around. The absence of cues in the first two phases of the experiment might make pet dogs behave more cautiously, as they have to evaluate potential human-related consequences. Increased enthusiasm among all dogs in the third phase supports this conclusion.
Conclusion
The experiment has proven that human presence has little or no influence on the outcome of the challenge for wolves. Meanwhile, dogs have demonstrated slightly better efficiency and significantly improved persistence when encouraged by a human. It is important to note the difference between the phases with active and passive human presence. While passive human presence has not benefited dogs’ problem-solving approach, active encouragement has made a huge difference. Therefore, this study confirms that dogs’ reliance on humans and their improved ability to read social cues is a result of an evolutionary adaptation.
References
Udell, M. A. R. (2015).
Biology Letters, 11(9). Web.
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Staffing shortages, violence in the workplace, burnout and mental health decline are impacting the wellbeing of health professionals and the quality of care they can offer their patients. In a survey conducted for the B.C. Hospital Employees Union, 30% of healthcare workers reported that they want to leave their jobs in the next two years. Additionally, healthcare workers are barred from speaking out about working conditions. BC’s whistleblower protection does not cover healthcare workers.
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On this episode of Molecular Moments, Lynn Kamen, Ph.D., and Michelle Miller, Ph.D. DABT discuss their very different journeys to
As a world-leading authority in the field of immunogenicity testing, BioAgilytix understands the complexities that must be addressed in Anti-Drug Antibodies analysis, Neutralizing Antibody (NAb) assay development and validation, isotyping, and more. Our experts will help you determine the optimal method for immunogenicity assessment, and select the optimal analytical equipment platform to yield high-quality data results.
Immunogenicity is a significant concern for biologic drugs as it can affect both safety and efficacy. The consequences of product immunogenicity vary from no evidence of clinical effect to severe, life-threatening responses. Therefore the assessment of undesirable immunogenicity of therapeutic proteins and peptides is a key element in biological drug development. In the context of immune-mediated adverse effects of biological drugs, it is critical to understand the interplay of the adaptive and innate immune responses.
In recent years, there has been
growing consensus regarding the data needed to assess product immunogenicity. Understanding the incidence, kinetics and magnitude of Anti-Drug Antibodies, its neutralizing ability, cross-reactivity with endogenous molecules or other marketed biologic drugs, and the related clinical impact, may enhance clinical management of patients treated with biologic drugs.
Dr. Arno Kromminga discusses the emerging technologies that are making analytical and clinical data interpretation of immunogenicity more challenging, and the issues that must be addressed in the comparative immunogenicity analysis of an innovative therapeutic and biosimilar.
Our team’s scientific, medical, and technical expertise supports all aspects to assess this key aspect for the approval of the protein drugs. We understand that the measurement of adverse immune reactions is complex as it depends on many drug- and disease-specific aspects. The selection of appropriate assays and an assay strategy has to be selected specifically for each project. A generic approach for the assessment of immunogenicity is not feasible. Challenges in appropriate assay selection include the evaluation of the presence of anti-drug antibodies prior to the initiation of the treatment (pre-existing antibodies) or cross-reactivity of ADA of different isotypes.
Immunogenicity data are interpreted in the context of PK and PD data, but the clinical manifestations of the patients also must be taken into account. Sometimes the loss or reduction of drug efficacy can be observed after a long period of time, measured by disease activity scores or by MRI or other clinical parameters.
Therefore, ADA should not only be measured during drug development in pre-clinical or clinical studies, but also post-approval as a routine monitoring parameter in specialized clinical laboratories.
The cascade of immunogenicity testing is performed following a tiered approach starting with a screening assay, followed by a confirmatory assay and characterization assay.
The assessment of immunogenicity can leverage a variety of analytical equipment platforms. Each of these platforms possesses unique strengths, weaknesses and therefore, optimal uses. BioAgilytix has experience immunogenicity assay development across the bioanalytical lifecycle requiring high drug tolerance levels. We can recommend strategies and provide contract services for assessing immunogenicity using a variety of technologies. The platforms we typically leverage are listed below.
Immunogenicity and bioanalytical assessments are becoming more challenging as the immune system is exposed to more complex biologics. Learn more about this evolving topic in a recent article from one of our experts.
Our experts understand the complexities that must be addressed in immunogenicity testing, including isotyping, ADA analysis, NAb assays, and more, and will help you determine the optimal analytical equipment platform to yield high-quality data results. Specifically, our immunogenicity services include labeling of antibody reagents, ADA purification, and oversight of surrogate positive control antibody generation. Our scientists are experienced in supporting immunogenicity studies in a variety of species including rodents, humans, and non-human primates.


A digital revolution is taking place worldwide, with innovation being accelerated by technological advancements. Everywhere you turn, tech is reshaping industries and communities in ways people could not have imagined a few years ago.
This year, there were some groundbreaking innovations. Here are a few that are really noteworthy:
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made it easier for everyone to live, work, and play, making it one of the leading technology developments even to this day. For instance, AI has made it possible for indoor golf courses and driving ranges to provide a golf simulator experience, allowing you to play and practice on high-end technology just like a pro.
Overall, AI is famous for its presence in image and speech recognition, mobile personal assistants, navigation apps, mobile personal assistants, and other applications.
WFH Technology
Work from home (WFH) technology is a tech trend that’ll be on the top for a while. That’s because many companies have shifted to this method of working due to the pandemic. These include tools such as Zoom and Google Hangouts, helping enterprises facilitate remote working worldwide. Visual collaboration platforms such as Eloops and Slab are also part of the WFH technology trend, assisting virtual teams in tracking project progress, sharing content, and interacting.
All in all, WFH technology can help companies and employees optimize productivity.
Hyperautomation
As people become accustomed to convenient solutions, Hyperautomation has become a massive technology trend in the business world. It refers to how companies automate their operations with the help of tools such as AI, robotics, and Machine Learning. Hyperautomation will become one of the biggest trends for businesses no matter the scale in the coming years, especially for those struggling due to corporate debt or legacy business processes that aren’t optimized.
Moreover, Hyperautomation comes to leverage companies with features such as improved productivity, automated processes, accurate insights, and fewer risks. It’s the key to operational resiliency for businesses to continually adjust their operations, helping them continue thriving even amidst a crisis.
Cybersecurity Mesh
As more people move to online transactions and businesses open their eCommerce shops, cybersecurity has become a massive technology trend. Because of the pandemic, handling sensitive digital data has become a significant priority since cybercrime became more frequent, with data easily accessible due to more advanced phishing tools.
Cybersecurity mesh can resolve this issue by offering you a more versatile, scalable, and distributed method for cybersecurity measures.
It allows security perimeters on your platforms to be more defined around your identity or thing. Overall, cybersecurity mesh helps you access any digital asset you have more securely, regardless of where you’ve stored the data.
Internet of Behaviors
Internet of Behaviors or IoB refers to using data to change “behaviors” via feedback loops, allowing you to gather, process, and combine information from different sources. These “sources” include commercial customer data, social media statistics, citizen data handled by government agencies or the public sector, public domain deployments, facial recognition, and location tracking.
Internet of Behaviors can help public or private entities gather information to influence behavior, drawing practical insights for their respective platforms — making it an overall powerful digital tool.
Cloud Technology
Although this technology trend was already big for a long time, it only grew more prominent in recent years. Cloud-based platforms make it possible to access other technologies with ease. It can help companies across different industries deploy innovative technologies with minimal investment in tools or expertise. As more people choose to stay at home, more and more companies rely on cloud technology to help them develop scalable solutions and get work done faster. Experts predict the Cloud technology market to exceed $360 billion by 2022.
Human Augmentation
Human augmentation refers to a series of innovations seeking to improve human abilities and overall productivity. These include items such as prosthetics, AR lenses, and RFID tags infused in actual people. It can help enhance human cognition, perception, and action abilities, and you can accomplish this by sensing and actuation technology alongside AI. Overall, human augmentation can be a huge help in streamlining a person’s daily life.
5G
5G can do more than loading webpages quicker and reduce the waiting time on YouTube videos to load and buffer. As bandwidths expand, mobile connectivity has paved the way for novel internet use cases — and 5G would develop further. It refers to networks that utilize cutting-edge technology, such as augmented reality and virtual reality, allowing you to access different technologies anywhere.
In a nutshell, 5G enables you to access more advanced technologies like big data whenever and wherever you want.
Although new technologies are emerging and continually upgrading, the top technology trends show great potential in streamlining processes in different applications and industries.


On November 29, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) issued a declaratory ruling finding that certain text messages businesses send to confirm a consumer’s request to opt out of text message programs do not violate a federal prohibition on sending text messages without prior express consent. This prohibition has spawned class actions against companies that have followed the provisions in the Mobile Marketing Association’s U.S. Consumer Best Practices and other industry guidelines that require companies to send a confirmatory text message in response to a consumer’s opt-out request. The FCC’s finding is limited to sending confirmatory text messages under the following conditions:
The consumer previously had provided the legally-required form of opt-in consent (which in some cases must be written consent that complies with certain formalities) to receive text messages from the sender. The confirmatory text message merely confirms the opt-out request and does not include any marketing or promotional information, though contact information may be included in some circumstances. The confirmatory text message is sent within five minutes of the consumer’s opt-out request. After the confirmatory text message, no further text messages are sent to the consumer.


Understanding 'Stability' in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Contexts by Cedric de Coning, Head Peace Operations and Peacebuilding Research Group, NUPI
This debate tries to gain more insights into the different understandings of stability and their implications, including: How do understandings of “stability” compare or contrast across different professional fields? Are different professional fields picturing the same “end goal”? What does this imply for comprehensive approach interventions? What does it imply for the impact of such interventions?


I don’t know about you, but it is easier for me to believe in God than it is to believe God loves me. This hesitation to rest in His love causes me to live under a constant pressure to perform — to prove myself to God and to others. But Christ came as a mediator between God and man to reconcile us to the Father and take away that pressure to perform. Every day I must remind myself that God the Father loves me not because of what I do, but simply because He made me. I can abide in His love because Christ has reconciled me with the Father.
God wants us to agree with truth whether we understand it or not. Truth is simply the way things really are (reality). It is like the answer to a difficult math problem which you accept to be true even though it does not make sense. As you move on and continue to try to understand the problem, it eventually begins to make sense, especially if the teacher explains it effectively. Whether or not you understand does not effect whether or not the answer is true.
It is like that with God’s love. He loves us simply because He made us, but only through Christ can we abide in that love. He wants us to agree with truth because only when we agree with truth (with God) can He truly begin to work through our lives. And this is the truth which we should agree with everyday: in Christ we are cleansed, accepted, and loved by our Father in Heaven.
We must first realize that upon Christian confession and repentance (which are born out of faith), the blood of Jesus Christ completely cleanses us of all the sins we have and will commit throughout our lives. This places us in a right relationship with the Father. All Christians have the same standing with God because from God’s perspective we are all completely clean and filled with His own Anointed Life (Christ).
Because we are cleansed, He accepts us as His precious children, younger brothers and sisters to His own Begotten Son, Jesus. In us, He sees the perfection of Christ. We are not merely dirty sinners robed in Christ’s righteousness — dirty sinners cannot enter God’s presence, no matter how much He loves them! Instead, at salvation (when that cleansing takes place) the sinner is transformed into a saint. The old scumbag sinner is crucified — dead and buried—and the saint is born, alive unto God (Romans 6:11; Galatians 2:20). Now having become a saint, we are adorned with Christ’s Robes of Righteousness (righteous living) which are the only clothes befitting a saint. Bathed and wearing fresh clothes, the Father invites us to sit and live with Him. This is what it means to be accepted by God.
And finally having been cleansed and accepted, the Father can pour out the love and riches of His grace which He has wanted us to experience ever since He created us. God already loved us even before He began creating the earth and humanity. He planned for us to be vessel’s which would contain Christ (His Anointed Life). Therefore, His love for us did not change when we fell into sin, but we were separated from God and emptied of Christ as a result of our sin. In fact, it was because of His love for us that He sent Jesus to die on the cross as punishment for our sins — He did this even though we were His enemies (Romans 5:8)!
Consequently, the Father is absolutely thrilled when we accept His cleansing salvation. He is passionate about us. As our King and Father, He loves sitting us on His lap and hugging us tight and simply spending time with us. And it is in this moment: the moment when His justice is satisfied, His grace is received, and His love is unleashed that both He and we are truly satisfied.
Christian, you are cleansed, accepted, and loved by God. It’s true, not matter what you do or how you feel!
Knowing God’s tremendous love for us, in the context of our right standing with Him, frees us to live holy and blameless lives, which glorify Him. It allows us to jump up again without condemning ourselves, if we fall down. His gentle love and patience enable us to relax as we struggle to know where we are headed in life. Instead of getting uptight from our lack of vision, we can relax and do our best to follow God, knowing He will take care of us and lead us well.
And it is out of this confidence in God’s goodness and love for us that we can then reach out to those around us. We can confidently carry out our roles as agents of reconciliation to both believers and non-believers, leading everyone to the throne and introducing them to the Father if they’ve never met before.
This is our mission. This is our goal. Let’s do this.
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Healthcare organizations hold a wealth of sensitive data, making them prime targets for cybercriminals. A successful breach to Cybersecurity Solutions For Healthcare can lead to the theft of patients’ personal and medical information.
In addition to the theft of sensitive data, a cybersecurity attack on a healthcare organization can also lead to the loss of patient lives. For example, if attackers gain access to a hospital’s computer systems, they could disable life-saving equipment or change patients’ medical records. cybersecurity should be a top priority for healthcare organizations in order to protect their patients and staff.
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by J.L. Ratcliffe, R.J. Payne, T.J. Sloan, B. Smith, S. Waldron, D. Mauquoy, A. Newton, A.R. Anderson, A. Henderson and R. Andersen
Published online: 25.10.2018
Summary
The response of peatland carbon accumulation to climate can be complex, with internal feedbacks and processes that can dampen or amplify responses to external forcing. Records of carbon accumulation from peat cores provide a record of carbon which persists as peat over long periods of time, demonstrating the long-term response of peatland carbon stocks to climatic events. Numerous records of long-term carbon accumulation exist globally. However, peatlands from oceanic climates, and particularly blanket bog, remain under-represented. Scottish bogs, which collectively have more than 475 separate palaeoecological records, may prove to be a valuable resource for studying the impact of environmental change on past rates of carbon accumulation. Here we present 12 records of carbon accumulation from the north of Scotland. We support these results with a further 43 records where potential carbon accumulation is inferred from published ages. These reveal a trend of high carbon accumulation in the early Holocene, declining in the mid-to-late Holocene. The trend is consistent with accumulation profiles from other northern peatlands and is likely to have been caused by climatic cooling. Considerable variability in carbon accumulation rates between locations is apparent for the mid-to-late Holocene. We attribute to hydrologically induced changes in carbon accumulation which are likely to be inconsistent between sites.
Ratcliffe, J.L., Payne, R.J., Sloan, T.J., Smith, B., Waldron, S., Mauquoy, D., Newton, A., Anderson, A.R., Henderson, A. & Andersen, R. (2018): Holocene carbon accumulation in the peatlands of northern Scotland. Mires and Peat, 23(03), 1-30. (Online: http://www.mires-and-peat.net/pages/volumes/map23/map2303.php);
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We have already mentioned that the fragility of wood is a great challenge when deciding the appropriate packaging, either for transport or storage. However, this is not the only difficulty we can find. In addition to all this, kitchen furniture is always distributed in medium and large quantities, so it will be necessary to find the optimal way to preserve the material.
In this same line, it is worth noting the fact that the kitchen cabinet is stored or transported directly until the moment it will be installed. This aspect, which often goes unnoticed, is essential when deciding a suitable type of packaging, since it makes this product more complicated than others that are transported in blocks directly.
And finally, we cannot forget its non-slip appearance, which makes it easy for the product to stay grouped and organized. This creates packaging for the product so that it is completely immobile and undamaged.


Much is made in the media about the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), with adjectives like spiralling, ballooning and blowouts given precedence over objective analysis.
This presentation considers the economics of the NDIS as a lever of economic growth and societal change. What if, rather than considering the NDIS as a cost burden, it was assumed a cost benefit?
This is the angle the Productivity Commission used to produce its original report on the value of the NDIS to the Australian economy — analysing its capacity to equalise opportunities for people with disability.
In recent years, the NDIS has led to 20% growth in health care and social assistance jobs in Australia. However, while the NDIS is contributing to economic growth, NDIS participants are missing out.
This presentation will appraise the economic value of the NDIS with reference to a critical disjoint — that NDIS participants are not gaining or sustaining employment in the open labour market.
The NDIS must deliver on its participant employment target. It is a measure of the Scheme’s success.
DES and the Disability Employment Strategy play an important role in improving low NDIS participant open employment numbers. This presentation will examine how this is achieved, including reforms to DES, and why it’s imperative to increase disability employment in Australia.
Presenters
El Gibbs is a disabled person, advocate and writer. She works as a consultant, specialising in media, communications and policy, across the disability sector.
El is also an award-winning writer with a focus on disability and social issues — published widely including in Meanjin, Overland, the ABC, The Guardian and Eureka Street.
She won the Lesley Hall Award for Lifetime Achievement at the National Awards for Disability Leadership in 2020, and the UTS Community Alumni of the Year in 2021.
El’s work is available at elgibbs.com.au


Discussion: Foundational Neuroscience
As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, it is essential for you to have a strong background in foundational neuroscience. In order to diagnose and treat patients, you must not only understand the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders but also how medications for these disorders impact the central nervous system. These concepts of foundational neuroscience can be challenging to understand. Therefore, this Discussion is designed to encourage you to think through these concepts, develop a rationale for your thinking, and deepen your understanding by interacting with your colleagues.
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For this Discussion, review the Learning Resources and reflect on the concepts of foundational neuroscience as they might apply to your role as the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in prescribing medications for patients.Â
By Day 3 of Week 2 Post a response to each of the following: Explain the agonist-to-antagonist spectrum of action of psychopharmacologic agents, including how partial and inverse agonist functionality may impact the efficacy of psychopharmacologic treatments. Compare and contrast the actions of g couple proteins and ion gated channels. Explain how the role of epigenetics may contribute to pharmacologic action. Explain how this information may impact the way you prescribe medications to patients. Include a specific example of a situation or case with a patient in which the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner must be aware of the medicationâ€™s action.


3 Industry Insights from real-world projects on implementation of a Decentralized Clinical Trial (DCT) framework.
1. Include the patients and the investigators in the discussion
– An integrated part of a DCT Framework is to include patients and investigators in the discussion prior to implementing the capabilities. Sponsors may not truly realize how technology-savvy the patients are or what interventions they would be comfortable with having performed via decentralized capabilities. Involve site staff to assess their willingness to support patients with new technologies or processes.
2. Involve the study teams to encourage a shift in mind-set
– A shift in mindset is required when developing a study protocol to ensure the DCT framework is fully utilized. Involving the study teams in sessions to brainstorm what DCT capabilities can be used specifically within their Therapeutic Area helps push towards this shift, as well as provide a feeling of ownership and engagement by the employees. 3. Implement a cross-functional DCT group – A cross-study group tasked with supporting clinical trial teams with selecting and implementing DCT capabilities can ensure that learnings and expertise are effectively accumulated. While ensuring a standardized approach across studies, drawing on the experiences of such a group also eases the burden of study teams, ultimately leading to a higher adoption rate.


Recovering Supplemental Security Income Overpayments from Jointly Liable Recipients
We issued this report to determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) had maximized overpayment recovery efforts by attempting to recover Supplemental Security Income (SSI) overpayments from jointly liable recipients.
An overpayment occurs when funds an individual receives for any period exceed the allowable amount. SSA initially attempts to recover an overpayment from the SSI recipient. However, SSA can also attempt to recover the overpayment from the jointly liable representative payee and/or spouse.
A representative payee is jointly liable for an individual’s overpayment when the payee used the overpaid funds for the SSI recipient’s support and maintenance, and the payee knew, or reasonably should have known, the facts that caused the overpayment.An overpaid recipient’s spouse is jointly liable for an overpayment when he/she was receiving SSI payments as a member of an eligible couple when the overpayment occurred. From 1 segment of the Supplemental Security Record, we identified 2,915 SSI overpayments that had outstanding balances between $235 and $65,841 as of May 2016.


Located in Crawford County, Conneaut Lake is known as the largest natural glacier lake within the state. A popular destination among recreational boaters, Conneaut Lake is also a haven for fishing, water skiing, and swimming.
However, as Conneaut Lake is noted on the EPA’s Integrated Waters List for having excessive nutrient (particularly phosphorous) loads, improving the water quality of Conneaut Lake is essential to ensuring the continued economic prosperity of the communities surrounding the lake and its watershed.
In 2014, Crawford County Conservation District was awarded a grant from the Environmental Stewardship Fund (Growing Greener) to develop a Conneaut Lake Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) on behalf of Conneaut Lake Aquatic Management Association. With the development phase of the plan now complete, focus has shifted to assist agencies, organizations, and municipalities surrounding Conneaut Lake and its watershed in obtaining federal and state funding to implement management strategies to prevent the continuation of non-point source pollutants from entering the lake and compromising its water quality.
According to the EPA, too much phosphorous within water can result in the excess growth of aquatic plants and algae blooms. This can result in a decreased level of dissolved oxygen within the water supply, hindering the levels that are necessary to support and sustain aquatic life.


The relevance of parasitic infection for the increasing incidence of asthma is a topic of considerable debate. Large population-based studies examining the association between helminth infection and specific measures of lung function in humans are lacking. This report sought to examine this association by exploring the differences in forced expiratory volume in 1s (FEV(1)) among participants with and without infection with Toxocara spp. using data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, undertaken by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, during 1988-1994. The results showed a significant association between diminished lung function and previous infection with Toxocara spp. Those with antibody evidence of Toxocara infection displayed FEV(1) that was 105.3mL less than those without previous infection. This relationship persisted while controlling for age, sex, education level, BMI, smoking status, ethnicity, immigration, rural residence and dog ownership (fully-adjusted difference=73mL). These findings suggest diminished lung function in the presence of Toxocara infection and illustrate the urgent need for longitudinal data to more clearly define the immunological relationship with helminth infection and its potential influence on lung function.
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Abstract
Chlamydia trachomatis as an etiological agent in the Fitz‐Hugh‐Curtis syndrome has recently been reported; however, the condition has not been typically associated with ascites. We report a case of Chlamydia trachomatis perihepatitis in a young woman who had exudative ascites as a predominant clinical feature of her disease. Laparoscopy revealed characteristic “violin string” adhesions which were also identified on abdominal computerized scan.
ASJC Scopus subject areas Hepatology


Institutional investors rejoice! There is another way to get exposure to Bitcoin (BTC). Overnight, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), approved a fourth Bitcoin futures exchange traded fund (ETF).
Teucrium, a fund group, is behind the latest approved Bitcoin Futures ETF. This ETF is now part of a growing list of futures ETFs that have been approved, including Valkyrie, ProShares and VanEck Bitcoin Futures ETFs.
The SEC filing regarding the Teucrium ETF. Source: SEC.gov
Each Bitcoin spot ETF was rejected until now. However, one investor observed that the approval process could have been a boon to spot investors.
The plot thickens along the way to $GBTC’s spot #Bitcoin conversion…
— Sonnenshein (@Sonnenshein) April 7, 2022
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein retorted in a tweet thread that he was calling for a Bitcoin spot ETF. Sonnenshein, 71st in Cointelegraph’s Top 100 list, manages the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Trust (GBTC Trust), one of the main avenues to buy Bitcoin in the traditional market.
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnensheinin stated that if the SEC is happy with a Bitcoin futures ETF they must also feel comfortable with a spot Bitcoin TF.
His argument is that since “all Bitcoin futures ETFs” are equal, and the Teucrium falls within a 1933 act (not the 1940 act) then the argument for filing an ETF on Bitcoin spot becomes “stronger.”
If the SEC is happy with a #Bitcoin Futures #ETF they should also be comfortable with an ETF that tracks spot Bitcoins. They can’t justifiably cite ’40 Act as the differenceiating factor.
— Sonnenshein (@Sonnenshein) April 7, 2022
Sonnenshein was a long-standing advocate and leader in the creation of a Bitcoin spot exchange traded fund (ETF). The company had plans to convert the GBTC Trust to an ETF in October 2021. The GBTC Trust, which has more than $35 billion in assets under its management, is the largest legacy finance organization. A conversion to a spot ETF could be a significant step in that direction.
Eric Balchunas, a Bloomberg analyst, agrees that it is a “good signal for spot”, meaning that it could be a Bitcoin spot ETF.
JUST IN: The SEC approves the Teucrium Bitcoin Futures Exchange Traded Fund. It is notable that it was filed under the 33 Act. Genz stated that this Act doesn’t provide enough protections to offset the 40 Act. This is a positive sign for spot. However, we believe that exchanges still need regulations before he gives the green light. h/t @CoinDesk pic.twitter.com/SZMkuMrASc
— Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) April 6, 2022
Related: SEC rejects application for ARK 21Shares spot Bitcoin ETF
Analyst Doomberg suggested that investors are waiting with bated breath for a Bitcoin Spot Exchange Tradeable Fund. This is because futures contracts can be “settled” in cash, and not different acts.
Gary Gensler, Chairperson of the SEC, may be blocking spot ETFs. This is because, “as long funds flow into spot ETs faster than they’re redeemed,” the net effect provides liquidity in the US for those who want to cash out Bitcoin.
ProShares filed a short Bitcoin Strategy ETF application with the SEC. The Bitcoin spot ETF story continues.
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Traditional techniques to encourage behavior change, such as communications, training, and nudges, often fail to make new habits stick.
Using people-centered methodologies grounded in behavioral science, we engage teams so that adopting new behaviors feels natural and soon becomes second nature.
By determining which business objectives can only be achieved through behavior change, we will help you prioritize, focusing on specific employee groups and behaviors. Insights and pattern recognition reveal which changes will have the most impact. But pinpointing the most significant behavior changes doesn’t mean they’ll become habitual—the pull of conflicting influences, distractions, and motivations is strong. That’s when we deploy our Moments of Truth toolkit.
Moments of truth are pivotal occasions when choosing a specific behavior is crucial but competing factors make it difficult to take the desired action. Working with you, we design a roadmap to establish behavior change enablers and address friction, so completing the changed behavior is easier and more fulfilling. Enlisting team members as co-creators of solutions imparts a sense of ownership, building commitment to and excitement about practicing the new behaviors.
Our proprietary Behavior Sprints move teams from theory to practice and are enabled by digital feedback loops. Our approach enables people to safely try a new behavior and embed it in their daily work, combining the power of personal agency and self-development with team-based support to accelerate change.


Whiz Consulting is a well-known name in the accounting and bookkeeping industry. Recently, they announced the release of their specialized accounting services using?Xero online accounting.?In the current competitive world, technology has ignited the car lights and increased the speed of the processes. Every company strives to stay at the top in the race, but the positions change due to dynamic factors. The current trend of cloud accounting has taken the industry by storm and revolutionized the time-consuming and labour-intensive tasks into automated minutes. Accounting is an integral part of every company without which they cannot operate. It is the bloodline of every business and enables coordination and optimal allocation across all departments. Therefore, it needs to be robust and competitive.?
"Although accounting is a back-end operation for many firms, it has a significant role in the firm's success. Without adequate funding, working capital, and accounts management, a company is doomed to fail. Our services aim to provide the necessary and unique edge over the rivals while maintaining the company's financial health," states the sources at Whiz Consulting. Today, firms cannot spare even a single minute; otherwise, they will be out of the race in seconds. Such situations prompt them to expedite every process, beginning from which others are highly dependent. Only when the company knows where it stands, its destination, and the roadblocks, challenges, and opportunities can it assess the financial requirement and prepare an economic model. Also, they try to save every penny wherever possible to ensure continuous growth. These circumstances lead them to outsource accounting from expert professionals with vast experience and proficiency in the latest systems.? Whiz Consulting announces the following specialized?Xero online accounting?services: Inventory management: Many industries like production, retail, and e-commerce, depending on their inventory levels for smooth running. They require appropriate stock at all times and reordering whenever necessary. Doing this traditionally took the company personnel's effort and time.?Xero online accounting?automates the inventory management process by carrying the procedures swiftly. It automatically coordinates with the sales and purchases records to update the stock levels. It allows you to set automatic ordering whenever the stock reaches a particular level, thereby reducing over or understocking.? "We ensure our clients' satisfaction by keeping their customers happy by maintaining efficient inventory. Be it any business, stock of raw material, work in progress, or finished goods, keep the firm financially healthy," states senior executive at Whiz Consulting.? Bank connection: Xero online accounting?provides automatic bank connections. It enables firms to automatically import and download bank statements without physically going to the bank. It makes reconciliation quick and flexible as the company can carry it out anywhere, anytime. Moreover, direct connection with the banking software smoothen and streamlines the company's processes.? Creating invoices: Invoice management is pretty essential for any firm. Creating to sending invoices constitutes a significant portion of a firm's accounting.?Xero online accounting?enables companies to create custom invoices by adding the company logo and name. It acts as a marketing pattern for the company. There are in-built templates that allow firms to create invoices in minutes and send them to prospective parties with one click. It is quick, easy, and efficient as it smoothly flows from one department to another and does not require days for approval.? About Whiz Consulting: Whiz Consulting is a prominent name in the virtual accounting and bookkeeping industry. It employs a pool of experts under one roof to provide you with vast levels of qualification and experience. These firms constantly train their staff with the additions, subtractions, improvements, and weaknesses of the future and current financial and accounting systems. They maintain a high level of data security and confidentiality and do not mix the details of different companies associated with them. Their services include accounting and bookkeeping, tax preparation and filing, financial advisory, consultancy, payroll, management accounting, etc. Their services are spread across the US and cover numerous sectors, including real estate, healthcare, legal, media, e-commerce, retail, and many more.? https://www.whizconsulting.net/au/xero-accounting-services/
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Michael Rosen(Professor of Government, Harvard University) Co-sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies and the Harvard University Asia Center
The abolition of capital punishment has gathered steam globally over the past three decades. However, the controversy remains active in many countries. Where effective judicial review is available, the death penalty has often been one of the major constitutional issues faced by the judiciary. The fundamental issue in these cases is whether capital punishment violates human dignity and right to life. This talk surveys how this issue is tackled by the high courts of Hungary, South Africa, the United States, Japan, and South Korea. The analysis is two-fold. The first is methodological, analyzing the standards of review, and identifying four major approaches, including the absolute approach, the cruelty approach, marginal proportionality, and systemic proportionality. The second is theoretical, analyzing how these courts understand the concept of human dignity and its relationship to the right to life. The presentation will identify and reconstruct the different conceptions of human dignity in these judicial decisions.
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Q: Does the ADA apply to internet-only businesses? A: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York recently ruled that the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) does not apply to websites that maintain no connection to a brick-and-mortar retail location based on a strict construction of the statutory language. Currently, the circuits are split as to the standard to be met for the ADA to apply to a website, and it remains to be seen whether the Second Circuit or other federal district courts will adopt the same rationale to afford a safe harbor for web-only retailers.
In
Winegard v. Newsday LLC, Case No. 19-CV-04420 (EK)(RER) (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 16, 2021), a hearing-impaired individual brought an action against a local newspaper company that distributes its print newspaper throughout New York and provides a website and web-based content — but maintains no retail locations. The plaintiff asserted that the newspaper’s website offers video programming without closed captioning, making the content inaccessible due to his hearing impairment.
The court reviewed the ADA’s history and the statutory language, noting that the ADA defines “public accommodation” using 12 subparagraphs with accompanying residual clauses, and it lists 50 specific examples, arguably all of which describing physical places. The court stated that these examples, coupled with the language of the statute, suggested that Congress intended ADA protections to apply to “physical places rather than business operations generally.”
The court rejected the plaintiff’s arguments that four residual clauses of the ADA — a “place of exhibition or entertainment,” a “place of recreation,” a “sales or rental establishment,” and a “service establishment” — were applicable to internet-only businesses. According to the court, these clauses must be read in light of the specific lists that follow, concluding that the examples applicable to each of the cited residual clauses refer to brick-and-mortar locations. The court also cited the Eleventh Circuit’s decision in
Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores decision to support its reading of the ADA’s definition of “public accommodation.” In April 2021, the Eleventh Circuit held that under “the plain language of Title III of the ADA, public accommodations are limited to actual, physical places,” and “websites are not a place of public accommodation.” The limited-use website operated by the grocery chain, which merely offered prescription refill and coupon services, did not otherwise present “an intangible barrier” to the grocery chain’s physical stores because the plaintiff could partake in the same services at the grocery store’s physical location. Finally, the court noted that the statute’s use of the term “a place of” as a modifier for the term “public accommodation” “leaves no doubt that [the ADA] was not meant to reach the website of a business like [defendant].”
The court refused to follow other Second Circuit district court decisions, which reached the opposite conclusion, that the ADA was applicable to a website. In that regard, the court noted that most of these decisions cited the Second Circuit’s holding in
Pallozzi v. Allstate Life Insurance Co., where the ADA was found to cover the sale of insurance policies offered through an insurance office. Contrasting the newspaper website with the insurance office in Pallozzi, the court noted that the physical place was a “condition precedent” as to whether the “place of public accommodation” test is satisfied. Unlike in Pallozzi, the place of public accommodation test was not satisfied by the complaint because it lacked allegations that the newspaper operated any public-facing, physical retail spaces. While the plaintiff argued that Newsday has its own television and video/internet studio in addition to its publishing and advertising production facilities and offices, he did not allege that any of these facilities were open to Newsday’s customers or that Newsday sells its newspapers at those locations.
Despite finding in favor of the newspaper based on the fact that it does not have a physical place of public accommodation, the court denied the newspaper’s arguments that the plaintiff lacked standing for absence of harm since its videos were alternatively made available on
YouTube, which offered closed captioning. The court rejected the argument as analogous to asserting that a disabled person would not be injured by an alleged physical barrier, “so long as an accessible store down the block offer[ed] the same product.”
This opinion further strengthens the continued development of law by a majority of federal circuits that a website must have some connection to a physical retail location for ADA protections to apply, leaving open possible factual defenses regarding the connection between a website and the goods and services offered by a company faced with one of these disputes.


International Education Equity for Doctoral Students: Duoethnographic Reflections from China and Cameroon
In our reflexivity in this duoethnographic study, we aimed to identify and elicit the authentic voices, thoughts, and experiences of international students from China and Cameroon to explore international education equity’s complexities through the internationalization of curriculum in doctoral programs at U.S. institutions.
Many studies have addressed the need for education equity in terms of gender, age, and socioeconomic status. However, few studies have explored the complex tensions of international education equity for international graduate students as they relate to the internationalization of the curriculum in doctoral programs in the context of neonationalist political rhetoric.
A duoethnographic method was utilized to create dialogic narratives and provide multiple perspectives on a variety of topics across disciplines and forms of practices of one’s life history to act and give meaning to actions. As two researchers and international doctoral students from China and Cameroon, we conducted interviews and discussions to maintain an ongoing dialogue debriefing our experiences.
By focusing on the experiences as international doctoral students, this duoethnographic study encourages readers to recognize how different cultures, experiences, and needs reinforce and influence one another and the importance of ensuring education equity for international doctoral students’ success.
Three elements of international education equity were defined as authentic inclusion, differentiated teaching strategies and assessments, and individualized resources including but not limited to financial and cultural resources. Four prominent themes emerged related to international education equity for international doctoral students: (1) academic support related to teaching and learning strategies, assessments, language support, and mentorship; (2) financial support related to university funding and employment opportunities; (3) administrative support related to staff/faculty/community training on intercultural competence and training related complexities of visa status for international doctoral students; and (4) community support in the context of geopolitical tensions.
The findings highlight the need for research universities to address international doctoral students’ concerns, develop and innovate practices to ensure international education equity, and help international doctoral students to study in a safe and welcoming environment.
The findings suggest further critical research into the rationale of the difficulty in international education equity and the impact of equity in the curriculum and learning spaces of higher education through exploring the similarities and nuances between international doctoral students from China and Cameroon.
These findings aim to ensure international educational equity and to build a welcoming environment for international doctoral students through collaboration among education providers, policymakers, and the community.
Future research may use international educational equity to explore diverse international doctoral students’ experiences, needs, and challenges in studying at U.S. research universities, and how those experiences, needs, and challenges shift their mobility.


Blog by Professor Stephen Sutton, Behavioural Science Group Large-scale problems require large-scale solutions. Tackling the ‘Big 4’ behaviours (physical inactivity, tobacco use, excessive consumption of food and alcohol) requires scalable interventions that can reach large numbers of people to achieve a significant public health impact. One promising approach is to use brief interventions delivered by […]


“Heritage” hotels: there are many such establishments in India and particularly in Rajasthan. They are found in cities as well as in the countryside, in ancient forts or palaces of Maharajas. They are often part of a process of protecting Indian heritage. These accommodations offer the traveller a stay worthy of a thousand and One Nights tale, at affordable prices. Do not miss the Havelis: these magnificent residences bordered the old Silk Roads and allowed caravans to enjoy food and shelter. These Havelis are organized around an interior courtyard, where trade took place. The refined and opulent atmosphere promises you a real journey through time. Some of the finest you will find in Jaipur and Udaipur.
This fairly recent hotel concept meets a demand that was virtually non-existent before. Unlike the large, overly classic hotel chains, these hotels offer a different experience. They are smaller and only offer a few rooms. With a neat style and decoration, often contemporary, they are havens of peace in the big Indian cities. The welcome is personalized, the atmosphere pleasant, the privacy found. Boutique hotels are often found in trendy neighbourhoods and have their own identity.
Sleeping with locals is a unique experience in India. Opportunities are growing more and more across the country. Traditionally, it is in the Himalayas that you will have the best chance of staying with locals. But elsewhere in India, more and more families welcome travellers and transform their homes for the occasion. A privileged moment to discover the countryside, understand local customs, spend time with women and children or learn to cook. Shanti Travel supports these initiatives which often have significant economic benefits for families.
During a trekking in India, you do not sleep in a refuge like in the Alps. The adventure takes place in a mobile camp with a whole team accompanying you. Every evening, during the itinerant hike, you set up camp in a dream location, often near a stream. There are also fixed camps. In Ladakh and Sikkim, they resemble military accommodation and are often the only possibility there. In Rajasthan, the camps resemble the Saharan tents that are sometimes found in Morocco. They offer all the comforts and allow you to be installed in the middle of nowhere.
In the national parks you can sleep in luxury eco-lodges. The price justifies the exclusivity as well as the comfort of the place, fully in line with the nature that surrounds it. In other regions such as Tamil Nadu or Rajasthan, these eco-lodges can take the form of small villages included in a process of protecting local resources. We pay attention to water, electricity and staff of the establishment. The food served often respects the principles of organic farming. Stay at least two nights in this type of accommodation to immerse yourself in this type of place, often participatory where meetings are at the heart of the stay.
Large hotel chains such as Oberoi, Taj or Hilton, as well as luxurious independent palaces, offer an extraordinary stay. It is also a way to take a break from the Indian chaos and recharge the batteries. The restaurants of these establishments are often excellent addresses. In Delhi and Rajasthan, 5 star hotels are numerous and are sometimes a nice mix between luxury and "Heritage" hotels. We can mention the Imperial of Delhi, the Lake Palace of Udaipur or the Samode Palace of Jaipur.
Choose your accommodation:
Accommodation contributes a lot to the quality of your stay in India, discuss it with your travel expert.


White Paper Artificial Intelligence Risk & Governance Executive Summary
As financial services firms evaluate the potential applications of artificial intelligence (AI), for example: to enhance the customer experience and garner operational efficiencies,
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) Risk and Security (“AIRS”) is committed to furthering this dialogue and has drafted the following overview discussing AI implementation and the corresponding potential risks firms may wish to consider in formulating their AI strategy. This white paper provides AIRS’s views on potential approaches to AI governance for financial services including potential risks, risk categorization, interpretability, discrimination, and risk mitigation, in particular, as applied to the financial industry.
This paper is intended for discussion purposes only and is not intended to serve as a prescriptive roadmap for implementing AI/ML tools or as a comprehensive inventory of risk associated with the use of AI. Readers are encouraged to consider the information provided in this paper for reference and discussion purposes. They should assess, implement, and tailor their firms’ AI/ML programs and respective controls as appropriate for their business model, product and service mix, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
The views expressed in this paper are those of the individual contributors and do not constitute the views of any of the firms with which the contributors are associated or by which they are employed.
Key Takeaways AIRS believes there are significant potential benefits of AI and that its adoption within financial services presents opportunities to improve both business and societal outcomes when risks are managed responsibly. This paper explores the potential risks of AI and provides a standardized practical categorization of these risks: Data Related Risks, AI/ML Attacks, Testing and Trust, and Compliance AI governance frameworks could help organizations learn, govern, monitor, and mature AI adoption. Four core components of AI governance are: definitions, inventory, policy/standards, and a governance framework, including controls. AI, in certain use cases, could lead to privacy issues, and/or potentially discriminatory or unfair outcomes, if not implemented with appropriate care. We explore, in detail, the subject of interpretability and discrimination in using AI for certain use cases. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, practices institutions might consider adopting to mitigate AI risk include oversight and monitoring, enhancing explainability and interpretability, as well as exploring the use of evolving risk-mitigating techniques like differential privacy, and watermarking, among others. About AIRS
AIRS is an informal group of practitioners and academics from varied backgrounds, including technology risk, information security, legal, privacy, architects, model risk management, and other practitioners, who work for financial and technology organizations, and academic institutions. The AIRS working group, based in New York, and initiated in early 2019 has grown beyond the original members to around 40 members from dozens of institutions.


Main Article Content Abstract Objective: Home exercise programmes (HEPs) ensure the enhancement of therapeutic gains and enable patients assume responsibility for managing their conditions. This study investigated patients’ adherence to HEPs, determined its association with their personal characteristics and identified factors influencing their engagement. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used to recruit 139 consenting patients who completed self-report questionnaires. Data were analysed via descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: Most participants, 105 (75.5%) were non-adherent to HEPs whilst 34 (24.5%) were adherent. HEP adherence had significant associations with age (p<0.001), sex (p=0.001) and educational status (p=0.048). There were significant negative relationships (p<0.05) between HEP adherence and these influential factors; fatigue, forgetfulness, pain, deeming exercises as injurious, exercises perceived as less beneficial and need for physical assistance. A significant positive relationship (p=0.038) between HEP adherence and family/ friend support was also established. Conclusion: Adherence to HEPs was revealed to be poor in this study. Older, female and less/uneducated patients displayed a high tendency of non-adherence. Several factors which exhibited patients’ challenges were revealed to have substantial negative influences on their HEP adherence. Social support from patients’ family/friends was linked to facilitating HEP adherence.


What is tooth extraction?
As the name suggests, tooth extraction is a medical procedure wherein a tooth is removed from your mouth. You may need a tooth extraction for several reasons, such as removing wisdom teeth, removing baby teeth, or extracting severely damaged or infected teeth. Our dentists only recommend tooth extractions if they’re deemed to be essential for your overall oral health. We don’t recommend tooth extractions if your teeth can be saved.
Why is tooth extraction performed?
Wisdom tooth removal is the most common type of tooth extraction. The wisdom teeth, also known as third molars, are the final molars located at the back of your mouth. They grow in your late teens or early twenties, long after all other permanent teeth have erupted. By the time your wisdom teeth grow, your jawbone is already fully developed, so your mouth may not have enough space for another set of teeth.
That’s why the wisdom teeth can often grow at awkward angles, push against other teeth, or remain stuck under the gum line. If your wisdom tooth doesn’t grow properly, it’s known as an impacted wisdom tooth. Your dentist may recommend emergency wisdom tooth extraction to protect your overall oral health and the surrounding teeth. The impacted wisdom tooth can damage your surrounding gum tissues and teeth and increase the risk of cavities and gum disease.
Besides wisdom tooth extraction, you may also need tooth removal for other reasons, such as tooth infections, overcrowding, orthodontic procedures, dental decay, and severe damages. The following are some of the most common reasons for tooth extraction:
Tooth Decay: You may need a tooth extraction if you have severe tooth decay or a cavity that’s spread into the deepest parts of your teeth. Superficial cavities that only affect the enamel can be treated with dental fillings. However, if you don’t seek dental fillings and root canals promptly, you may eventually need a tooth extraction. Overcrowding: If you have extremely crooked and misaligned teeth, you may have overcrowding because of insufficient space in your jawbone. Crooked and misaligned teeth can lead to severe dental problems, such as gum disease and an increased risk of cavities. Your dentist may need to remove a few teeth before your orthodontic procedure to make sufficient space in your jawbone. Dental Injuries: You may need to extract a tooth if it’s severely damaged or fractured. Minor, superficial fractures can be treated or fixed with dental fillings, crowns, onlays, or other techniques. However, if the dental crack or fracture extends under the gum line or reaches deep within the tooth, you may need a tooth extraction. If you don’t remove the damaged tooth, you may eventually experience tooth infections. What is the cost of tooth extraction?
The cost of tooth extraction depends on numerous factors, such as the location of the impacted tooth, the type of tooth extraction necessary, anesthesia usage, and other factors. You may receive insurance coverage for tooth extraction in some cases. Please schedule your dentist appointment for a thorough evaluation — we provide a comprehensive dental extraction cost overview after a consultation.
Tooth extraction preparation guidelines: Inform your dentist about all ongoing medications and supplements Provide the dentist a complete overview of your medical history You may have to take prescription antibiotics for a few days before the procedure Wear loose-fitting clothes for your appointment Don’t eat or drink for approximately eight hours before your procedure Stop smoking several days before the procedure Inform your dentist if you had nausea the previous night Inform your dentist if you have a cold Arrange to have someone drive you back from the clinic if you’re receiving general anesthesia How is a tooth extraction performed? Simple Tooth Extraction: The dentist will numb the areas around your teeth using local anesthesia, loosen the tooth using an elevator, and then remove it with forceps. Surgical Tooth Extraction: If you have an impacted tooth, the dentist will perform a surgical tooth extraction under local anesthesia with intravenous sedation. The dentist will make a small incision on your gum, remove bone around your tooth, cut the tooth into small pieces, and extract it from the socket one piece at a time. Tooth extraction aftercare guidelines: Use an ice pack to reduce swelling Bite down on an antiseptic gauze to reduce bleeding Take over-the-counter pain medications, as prescribed Relax for 24 hours Don’t rinse or spit for 24 hours Keep your head elevated Avoid the extraction site while brushing Eat soft foods, like pudding and yogurt Avoid hot beverages or crunchy food After the first 24 hours, rinse your mouth with saltwater Is tooth extraction and filling advisable for 4-5 years old?
Yes. Tooth extractions and fillings are advisable, and even necessary, for 4 to 5 years old. Even though baby teeth are eventually lost, they must be protected and kept safe until they naturally fall out. If you don’t care for your children’s oral health, they may have long-term oral and overall health problems.
What are alternatives to dental crowns?
A dental crown can protect a weakened tooth from further damage, but it can’t replace a missing tooth — not individually. You can instead get a dental implant to replace the missing tooth’s root structure, offering a stable base for the dental crown. You can also get a dental bridge to replace the missing tooth — but the surrounding teeth will have to be filed down to small stubs to accommodate the dental crowns. Please discuss your teeth restoration options with your dentist.
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The opposition to the ASEANIndia free trade agreement, particularly from the plantation sector of Kerala, is founded on simple static analytics - a tariff cut will reduce protection, increase imports and result in a price crash. However, a more dynamic approach reveals that imports are not only dependent on tariff reduction, but equally on productivity differences, the structure of markets and the exchange rate. Moreover, the FTA takes into account the threat of import competition through safeguard measures when there is substantial injury to domestic producers. The primary issues lie in the sphere of production, agricultural research and innovation, rather than protection under the FTA.


This essay provides an economic geography perspective on the causes and consequences of the war in eastern Ukraine. It focuses on the controversial proposition that the armed conflict in 2014 was triggered by domestic, economically determined factors. The essay argues that economic and material circumstances in the region had generated neither necessary nor sufficient conditions for a locally rooted, internally driven armed conflict. The role of the Kremlin’s military intervention was paramount for the commencement of hostilities. As the human and economic costs of the war continue to mount, Ukraine’s war-ravaged eastern regions face further depopulation, economic decline and erosion of development.


Last week, we had our first community engagement event in New Orleans: a design thinking breakfast! These events are hosted by Tulane University’s Taylor Center, as informal and playful community-building spaces for experimenting with design, design thinking, and related methods for social impact.
We spent the morning at Fritai, a Haitian restaurant located in the historic area of Tremé, one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city known for being the center for African American culture, including being the birthplace of jazz. The Chef and Owner of Fritai, Charly Pierre, opened the doors of this beautiful space and welcomed us with an amazing spread for breakfast. Offerings included fruits, scrambled eggs, fried pork, plantain biscuits, and a delicious black bean sauce, among others.
The food and the space served as the perfect backgdrop for our short experimentation with design thinking, an approach used by businesses and organizations to generate new ideas and solutions for difficult and complex problems, resulting in experiences, services, and systems that best serve the end users’ needs. In this Design Thinking Breakfast, we experimented with the question: How might restaurants contribute to community wellbeing? We focused on three main and interrelated aspects: health promotion, social justice, and cultural preservation. Working in groups, attendees shared their different experiences and ideas, presenting them at the end, while engaging in discussion with Chef Pierre.
Attendees had fruitful conversations, yielding ideas to further connections between restaurants and the local community. We discussed ideas to highlight healthier choices, while also acknowledging the need for profitability to make such activities feasible and sustainable – an ongoing challenge in our work. Aspects related to health promotion were discussed alongside the role of restaurants to promote economic development and social mobility in the communities they serve, which is a key area of interest in historic communities, like Treme. As I write this, our team is reviewing the ideas presented, helping us plan for future conversations, including members of the New Orleans restaurant community.
Stay tuned for future events coming up in 2023!
We hope this will be the first of many workshops to come. If you are interested in learning more about these upcoming opportunities, make sure to follow us through this page and our social media. We are also welcoming ideas for future workshops and locations! Share your ideas in the comments below or reach out directly to lariaproject@gmail.com.
Lastly, we want to convey our gratitude to Charly Pierre for opening the doors of Fritai and sharing his food and morning with us, to the Taylor Center, Prof. Chris Daemmrich, and Noah LeJune for making the activity possible, and to our attendees for their full participation and engagement.
Until next time!


Abstract
Solid electrolytes are considered as an ideal substitution of liquid electrolytes, avoiding the potential hazards of volatilization, flammability, and explosion for liquid electrolyte���based rechargeable batteries. However, there are significant performance gaps to be bridged between solid electrolytes and liquid electrolytes; one with a particular importance is the ionic conductivity which is highly dependent on the material types and structures. In this review, the general physical image of ion hopping in the crystalline structure is revisited, by highlighting two main kernels that impact ion migration: ion hopping pathways and skeletons interaction. The universal strategies to effectively improve ionic conductivity of inorganic solid electrolytes are then systematically summarized: constructing rapid diffusion pathways for mobile ions; and reducing resistance of the surrounding potential field. The scoped strategies offer an exclusive view on the working principle of ion movement regardless of the ion species, thus providing a comprehensive guidance for the future exploitation of solid electrolytes.


After more than 20 years, the Pennsylvania Department of Health is revising its regulations for the state’s long term care (LTC) nursing facilities. The department last revised its regulations in 1999.
The department states that the primary purpose for its regulatory changes is to create consistency between federal and state requirements for LTC facilities by adopting, in most cases, the more recent federal standards. For example, the DOH proposes to replace its definitional standards for resident “abuse” with the federal standards applicable to all facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Presently, there are only a few LTC facilities licensed by the state that do not participate in Medicare or Medicaid. The majority of facilities already are required to meet the federal standards. The DOH believes that requiring all facilities to comply with the federal requirements, without exception, will make the survey process more efficient and will eliminate confusion in the application of federal and state standards.
In addition, the proposed regulations will increase nursing staff ratios, although not federally required. The state proposes to increase the resident direct-care hours from 2.7 to 4.1. Because the department is concerned that facilities might attempt to meet this staffing requirement by frontloading the required hours during one part of the day, it is requiring that this standard be met across all shifts over a 24-hour period. According to the DOH, the increase in direct-care hours will be the minimum requirement and will not excuse a facility from providing adequate staff – with the appropriate competencies and skill sets – to care for residents throughout the day.
Some have questioned how this new standard can be enforced, and would prefer a more concrete standard. There also are questions about the need for nursing staff during evening hours when resident activity is low. However, the department has expressed that it does not want this new staffing ratio to be merely a technical requirement, but rather a qualitative standard intended to improve the daily lives of residents.
At the same time, the department recognizes that an increase in staffing will increase costs. The DOH estimates the increase in LTC staffing for Medicaid facilities alone will increase direct-care hours by nearly 16 million per year, and increase annual costs by approximately $385 million. While some increase in costs can be offset by federal matching funds, the remaining costs must be absorbed by the state’s Medicaid program or by the facilities themselves. Indeed, the DOH has stated that there is insufficient data “to determine who will bear the burden of the remaining costs.”
The department also states that it cannot assess the potential impact of increased staffing on those LTC facilities that do not participate in Medicaid. While many of these facilities still accept Medicare, the Medicare program generally does not cover direct-care services (meaning assistance with activities of daily living) unless these services are “medically” necessary. Still, the DOH noted that most Medicare facilities already meet the 4.1 hour requirement.
Regardless, the department believes strongly, and has so stated, that the increase in quality of life and safety for Pennsylvania residents that will come with the new regulations outweighs any additional costs to the facilities. This is not welcome news at a time when many facilities are struggling to keep staff during COVID-19, even if they could absorb the extra costs.
Implementation of the new regulations is scheduled for 2022, and it remains to be seen whether the department will delay implementation until after the COVID crisis abates. Nevertheless, while the implementation date remains uncertain, LTC facilities should begin preparing now for the anticipated changes, and the potential costs and challenges of increasing staff in the years ahead.
If you have any questions about these proposed regulations, please contact me or any member of the Barley Snyder Senior Living Industry Group.
DISCLAIMER: The information in this alert should not be construed as legal advice to be relied upon nor to create an attorney/client relationship. Please note that the reader’s or an industry’s specific situation or circumstances will vary and, thus, for example, an approach that is advisable in one industry may not be appropriate in another industry. If you have questions about your situation or about how to apply information contained in this alert to your situation or industry, you should reach out to an attorney. The views expressed in this alert are those of the individual author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the firm or the firm’s clients. The response to the COVID-19 pandemic is particularly challenging, evolving and, in many cases, can be controversial. Any views expressed in this alert are not intended to advocate for or endorse a particular governmental response to the pandemic.


Below is an updated dashboard for 2018, based on the prototype put up for consultation. A new dashboard is currently being developed and will be published before the end of September.
A key insight from data of this years’ Open Data Maturity survey of agencies is a pleasing shift in the “investment and financial performance” focus area, which includes procurement practice and valuation of data.
We attribute this to consistent messaging at every opportunity (conferences, forums, workshops and meetings) and through raising awareness through the Open Data Maturity Survey that:
We would like to acknowledge the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment for the opportunity to present at one of their regular breakfast sessions for Government Procurement Professionals.


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